Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone
TertiaryZinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Tungsten, Manganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR MASSES, VUG LININGS
Ore controlOccurs Within A Fault Zone Of Somewhat Irregular Strike And Dip, Seperating The Volcanic Rocks On The East From The Granite On The West . Best Ore At Intersections Of Fault & Cross Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
GangueFluorite, Hematite, Iron, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite,Plutonic Rock
StructureFaults And Fractures Trending In Several Directions Have Extensively Affected All Of The Formations. The Most Prominent Faults Strike North-Northwest And, In Places, Form The Contracts Between Granite And Lavas
AlterationWall Rocks Silicified, Sericitized, & Carbonatized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10027196
MRDS IDM002442
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.10063, -114.60218
References
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